like absolute garbage?
 
I've watched all of the trailers and the Quick Look and I can't see much of an improvement over the remastered editions of GoW I and II.
 
When you compare it to games released months ago (like Modern Warfare 2, Uncharted 2, Ratchet and Clank) or even similar games like Dante's Inferno, the graphics really seem to look dated.
 
What does everyone else think?
 
EDIT
OK so it takes a big man to admit when they're wrong, the screens from the TGS trailer look gorgeous, I just hope that the rest of the game is up to the same standard.

Yup, said so after seeing the first trailer. The textures in that game look god awful and the supposed 1080p res only exacerbates it. 

I think it looks pretty good. It's different when you're actually playing the game on your TV, I think. Seek out the demo if you can and give it a shot.

Fuck yeah they do, i can't explain it but it just looks bad.

I think the game looks fantastic overall.  Under very close observation there are some poor textures here and there, but it's definitely one of the best looking 20 or so games.  Note - I've actually played the demo on my own HDTV, so that helps.

No. BTW, I wouldn't include MW2 when comparing graphics unless we are talking about average looking games.

I wouldn't say they look bad, but they're definitely underwhelming. I'm sure it will look great when you are playing it though.

Having played the demo, it seems okay but nothing to ground-breaking or anything. It is very much HD, more savage God of War. Hurrah?

I got the demo with the GoW Collection, and it looks miles better than both Gow 1 & 2. I thought it also looked a lot better than the Dante's Inferno demo.

nope I think it looks really good especially after playing god of war 2 just recently

Dante's Inferno is clearly superior. The out God-of-War-ed God of War.

" Dante's Inferno is clearly superior. The out God-of-War-ed God of War. "

" @trophyhunter: Lol, three minutes. That's a new record, man! "

I'll have to look at the Quick Look and see for myself.

" Dante's Inferno is clearly superior. The out God-of-War-ed God of War. "

" @TooWalrus said:

" Dante's Inferno is clearly superior. The out God-of-War-ed God of War. "

your joking right, i played both demos, and Dante's look like garbage. "

" So you're basing you opinion after watching all the trailers and the QL?! How very professional of you. If you think it doesn't show any difference then I think you need to schedule an appointment with an eye doctor because clearly your eye sight is giving up on you. The graphics of GoW 3 are simply beautiful to look at even for a 7 month old demo but everyones entitled to their opinion. Now in the spirit of opinions I think your thread is absolute garbage.  "

The demo that people have played, including the quick look, was from E3 (around June/July or something?) or 09, so hopefully the visuals get more polished since then. I don't think it looks bad...but after hearing people saying the visuals are supposed to be amazing for GoW3, they really are nothing special. Especially next to another PS3 exclusive, like Uncharted 2.

Could be better I suppose, it really looks alot like the old games with more contrast and slightly higher resolution and the same camera angles. I don't care either way, i'll probally buy it regardless of the graphics because it's probally going to get good reviews.

Seems to be fine to me.  God of War games have always done scale well, and this one is no different.  Besides that, I don't know if either of the old ones were all that breakthrough with their graphics in the first place.  Only one I'd say was really technically impressive was the PSP one, Chains of Olympus, because of the system it was made for.

I played the demo, and it looks absolutely gorgeous... what the hell are you people talking about? Are you basing your statements on blurry Youtube videos or something?
 
@User_Hostile said:

"or even similar games like Dante's Inferno, the graphics really seem to look dated."

• You can see reflections in the armor piece that Kratos wears.
• You can see muscles and tendons being animated on Kratos when he moves 
• Every enemy looks different because the team employs a random look generator. 
• You have dudes the size of mountains being animated on screen. 
• The blades leaves permeant scarring on enemies when a QTE is triggered.
• They are animating guts being spilled. 
• Kratos' has blood residue on him after battles. 
• When you pull the Cyclopes' eye out you can the connective nerves being pulled with it along with a nice gush of blood. 
• You can see the skin from Helios' neck being stretched and ripped when kratos removes it. 

" like absolute garbage?  I've watched all of the trailers and the Quick Look and I can't see much of an improvement over the remastered editions of GoW I and II.  When you compare it to games released months ago (like Modern Warfare 2, Uncharted 2, Ratchet and Clank) or even similar games like Dante's Inferno, the graphics really seem to look dated.  What does everyone else think? "

yea for some reason i enjoy looking at dantes inferno more

I played the demo. I agree. The graphics are underwhelming. Demo runs at 720p. Forcing a 1080p upscale only makes it blurry. I saw some aliasing (jaggies/jagged polygonal edges) and a few unfiltered textures here and there. It looks good for a PS3 game, but Uncharted 2 still wins for me. I'm not going to judge it just yet though. The demo is old code. Hopefully the full release will show its polish in the graphics department. As for gameplay, for me, god of war will always be fun and satisfying. Graphically, Dante's Inferno isn't that much different.

Well it was just a demo.  After seeing some screenshots of later builds it looks like it will have more "pizazz".

What I want to know is how blind people found their way to this website.

lol, lame attempt at trolling or what?   This game is going to blow peoples minds when it hits.  Perhaps the new trailer coming out this month will start changing peoples tunes.  
 
 
Then again, probably not.

They look as expected from a current generation game. 

That demo is almost a year old and still looks better than most retail releases.
 
Let's wait for next weeks reveal shall we?
 

I think GOW3 looks far better from 1 and 2.

" @User_Hostile: something about your user name that just makes me go hostile...You might not specifically said there no difference but you just worded it differently. How can you not see the improvements from previous games is really beyond me.  Have you played the demo yourself? 

• You can see reflections in the armor piece that Kratos wears.
• You can see muscles and tendons being animated on Kratos when he moves 
• Every enemy looks different because the team employs a random look generator. 
• You have dudes the size of mountains being animated on screen. 
• The blades leaves permeant scarring on enemies when a QTE is triggered.
• They are animating guts being spilled. 
• Kratos' has blood residue on him after battles. 
• When you pull the Cyclopes' eye out you can the connective nerves being pulled with it along with a nice gush of blood. 
• You can see the skin from Helios' neck being stretched and ripped when kratos removes it. 

 That is only from a demo that they had for E3 way back in june and I am sure the build of that demo even goes further then that. Why don't you just hate until the full game cmoes out in March until you diced that the graphics look like garbage.  "

You're insane. We are past subjectivism, this game looks amazing technically.

i wouldn't say it looks bad just kinda wrong, i just don't know why.

Isn't the demo from E3? That makes it over 6 months old. They can improve on that stuff a lot within those 6 months and it still has another 3 months left for some final polishing. 
 
 I just think its to soon to tell. Why not wait till when the games is actually out before you start bashing it?

The graphics aren't bad. They're just not mind-blowing. I actually would have thought the game would look a bit better, as it's made by Sony and an exclusive to PS3, but it still looks great.

haha... dumbass

"I thought the same thing when I played the Uncharted 2 beta. I thought the game looked terrible. Come release of the game, look how wrong I was. I say judge the game when the full game is out. "

It's also worth noting Santa Monica develop games in sync. What I mean is, they develop the whole game simultaneously, rather than making a demo, polishing it to hell and then working on all the other levels.
 
Which means, they've had eight or so months to polish it alongside the whole game. Not that it looks bad anyway.
 
Can't wait for new footage to shut everyone up personally.

I think is the lightning, too much of it. Not sure... 

 That is only from a demo that they had for E3 way back in june and I am sure the build of that demo even goes further then that. Why don't you just hate until the full game cmoes out in March until you diced that the graphics look like garbage.  "

" Well it was just a demo.  After seeing some screenshots of later builds it looks like it will have more "pizazz". "

" @User_Hostile: yep cause the compressed vidoes from the quicklook and trailers are indicative of what you will see on the screen.  "

I could not agree more.
 
@Mordukai said:

" @User_Hostile: something about your user name that just makes me go hostile...You might not specifically said there no difference but you just worded it differently. How can you not see the improvements from previous games is really beyond me.  Have you played the demo yourself? 

• You can see reflections in the armor piece that Kratos wears.
• You can see muscles and tendons being animated on Kratos when he moves 
• Every enemy looks different because the team employs a random look generator. 
• You have dudes the size of mountains being animated on screen. 
• The blades leaves permeant scarring on enemies when a QTE is triggered.
• They are animating guts being spilled. 
• Kratos' has blood residue on him after battles. 
• When you pull the Cyclopes' eye out you can the connective nerves being pulled with it along with a nice gush of blood. 
• You can see the skin from Helios' neck being stretched and ripped when kratos removes it. 

 That is only from a demo that they had for E3 way back in june and I am sure the build of that demo even goes further then that. Why don't you just hate until the full game cmoes out in March until you diced that the graphics look like garbage.  "

" That demo is almost a year old and still looks better than most retail releases.
 
Let's wait for next weeks reveal shall we?
 

   Worst graphics this gen. ^ "